Universal EZ Installer-The Key Fob Chronicles

No absolutely not first of all you can order a case on Amazon with a blank key that will fit in your generation 2 perfectly It will be blank You can take it to any place that has a key cutting machine with a copy of your existing key that you have in your remote right now and they will cut it for you for I don't know $2.80 Walmart used to do it but I don't know if they can just chuck any key into their new automated system there is no way a locksmith in the United States is charging you $150 to cut the key not to cut it maybe to supply the remote or the supply the key that will fit in the remote Just buy the $9 case on Amazon have the key cut at a locksmith shop just walk it in with your original and they will duplicate that for under $5 I can almost guarantee you then you have two keys both of those keys will fit in either remote the one you have zip tied and the brand new case you just bought If you're electronics work out of the case take a dremel with a grinding wheel and run it around the seam of the case gently at two or three times in the case will open up like you own it It's glued together or made together take the green board out Don't lose the trapezoidal chip under the green board in its own slot don't let it fall on the floor you'll play hell finding it that's your transponder chip for your SKS system if you have a silver back remote I guess those parts need to go back in the new case while you have your green board out fit a new battery to it see if you can clean the buttons and what have you with contact cleaner and make it so that the buttons light up the light on the board if there's a light on the board I believe there should be a little red LED If that works then sitting with that board in your hand you should be able to lock and unlock the car like you're supposed to If not find out why does the red panic button work? But do this with the board out of the old fubar case. If it works and everything is good lay the old board. In the new case with the trapezoidal shaped piece transponder chip assembles a remote together flip it over make sure the battery's in it screw the battery door screws in place You should take the gray label out of the inside of your falling apart remote and stick that on the new case just before you slide the back on so you have those original numbers which a locksmith and people like that can use to duplicate your system that gray label is important Don't lose it if you still have it on your old remote it'll lift off with a corner of a razor blade and drop it on the new cover slide the back on I usually keep my silver back and slide it on the new case slide the old key in my case but since you want a new key you're sliding the new key into the case and now you're done It should all work If you have to do any fooling around or what have you with a new remote get a copy of tech Toyota software and with that and the new key fob and your old key fob that works or semi works you should be able to make a new capable fob work without issue generally speaking getting the key cut is generally the least of all of the problems of this process.

 

looks fabulous if it works. contact the company to see if they have an authorized installer nearby

 

they have a compatibility guide for car and phone. if you buy it on amazon prime, you can return it.
says it needs one working key, yours may not work.

 

The easy installer stuff looks like it might be promising I'd have to look at all their information to see what they say about Toyota Prius in particular Gen 2 and 3 The later models are probably easier as all the cars have the transponder key a lot of them anyway whatever but right next to the universal EZ nonsense I see xhorse the people that make The famous VCI cable for a Toyota's tech make a key cloning device it's red just like all xhorse stuff looks like it's $88 or something by the way they're talking it looks like it's got Toyota covered but I haven't read all the literature looks like a real product that normally sells for like $119 I have not purchased this I'm looking at it in the Google search right next to the EZ stuff for some reason I want to say years ago my locksmith had a black box in his shop that was made by easy or some company like that and it was a transponder chip cloning and some other kind of device He used it to clone the transponder key chip in the end of my physical key for my Italian motorcycle All I supplied was a $13 blank with some kind of transponder chip in the black part of the key head and he was able to read my original key which was broken and take that information and put it on to the transponder chip in the key that I had bought for $13 and when he was finished I would put the key in the bike and the red light would go off and the bike would start this locksmith was like in Maine USA. So there should be tools out there that can grab the transponder code or read it in the broken key or broken remote and then take that information and put it into a blank transponder and then you're good.

 

Their fob prices look high compared to eBay

 

Change your battery first. My fob was doing the same thing (working intermittently) and a new battery solved that. My case is missing the button covers, so I'll be looking for a new case.

 

If you get a replacement case, be sure to transfer the RFID chip. It's a small "plastic" rectangle that's needed to have the fob work in the dash slot. (not part of the circuit board)



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